Press Archive

The 18th Microcredit Summit (March 14-17, 2016, in Abu Dhabi, U.A.E.) will assemble around 700 people from the Middle East, Africa, and beyond for a 3-day conference. They will engage in an agenda aiming to build collaborations to expand the front...

New Campaign Commitment for pension and social security inclusion: microPension Foundation

November 13, 2015

The Microcredit Summit Campaign welcomes microPension Foundation (mPF) as the 58th organization to make a Campaign Commitment. mPF joins a global coalition to help 100 million families lift themselves out of extreme poverty. mPF will provide an in...

New Campaign Commitment to Help End Extreme Poverty: ESAF Microfinance

August 27, 2015

The Microcredit Summit Campaign welcomes ESAF Microfinance as the 57th organization to make a Campaign Commitment. ESAF joins a global coalition to help 100 million families lift themselves out of extreme poverty. ESAF will help support their clie...

2 Indian MFIs commit to help end poverty with the Microcredit Summit Campaign: Equitas and Grama Vidiyal

June 23, 2015

The Microcredit Summit Campaign welcomes Equitas and Grama Vidiyal as the 55th and 56th organizations to make a Campaign Commitment. They join a global coalition to help 100 million families lift themselves out of extreme poverty. The 2 Indian MFI...

The Government of Ecuador announces a Campaign Commitment: Financial Inclusion for Persons with Disabilities

June 16, 2015

The Microcredit Summit Campaign welcomes the Technical Secretariat for the Inclusive Management on Disabilities of the Vice-presidency of the Republic of Ecuador as the first government to make a Campaign Commitment. Pledging to support 500 enterp...

CRECER Commitment focuses on women and movement above national poverty line

May 13, 2015

The Microcredit Summit Campaign welcomes CRECER Bolivia as the 53rd organization to make a Campaign Commitment, joining a global coalition to help 100 million families lift themselves out of extreme poverty. CRECER ensures, among other services, t...

New Campaign Commitments to help end poverty: MicroLoan Foundation and Musoni Services

April 30, 2015

The Microcredit Summit Campaign welcomes MicroLoan Foundation and Musoni Services as the 51st and 52nd organizations to make a Campaign Commitment, joining a global coalition to help 100 million families lift themselves out of extreme poverty. Mic...

The Microcredit Summit Campaign joins the World Bank Group and their coalition of partners -- including MasterCard, Visa, Mandiri, the State Bank of India, Equity Bank, and Bandhan -- in making a commitment to accelerate universal financial access...

New Campaign Commitment to Help End Poverty: 370,000+ Families in Ethiopia to Gain Access to Safety Net Transfers and Weather Index Insurance

March 19, 2015

The Microcredit Summit Campaign welcomes REST Ethiopia as the 50th organization to make a Campaign Commitment, joining a global coalition to help 100 million families lift themselves out of extreme poverty. REST will help more than 370,000 familie...

The Mifos Initiative Joins Microcredit Summit Campaign with Commitment to Expand Use of Poverty Measurement Tools

January 15, 2015

The Microcredit Summit Campaign welcomes the Mifos Initiative as the newest Campaign Commitment maker, joining a global coalition to help 100 million families lift themselves out of extreme poverty. The Mifos Initiative is committing to integrate ...

Three Partners, One Goal: Improved maternal health in the Philippines

September 8, 2014

Summary: CARD Mutually Reinforcing Institutions (CARD MRI), one of the largest group of social development institution in the Philippines and U.S.-based international development organizations Freedom from Hunger and the Microcredit Summit Campaig...

World Savings Bank Institute renews Campaign Commitment to research youth financial products and initiate product through member bank

August 14, 2014

Summary: The Microcredit Summit Campaign is pleased to announce that WSBI is renewing their Campaign Commitment, joining a global coalition to help 100 million families lift themselves out of extreme poverty.
Washington, DC &...

New Report on Integrated Health and Microfinance in India Shows The Way Forward

July 30, 2014

Summary:
The Microcredit Summit Campaign and Freedom from Hunger announce the release of a report this week that puts the integration of health and microfinance in the context of India's journey towards universal health care by 2020, docu...

Summary: Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto is expected to attend the 17th Microcredit Summit on September 3, 2014, in Merida, Mexico. President Peña Nieto will be joined by Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus and innovative leaders from...

New report shows how innovations in the microfinance sector are contributing to the goal to end extreme poverty by 2030

June 19, 2014

Summary: The Microcredit Summit Campaign released "Resilience: The State of the Microcredit Summit Campaign Report, 2014" today. The report emphasizes the key role that actors in the financial ecosystem can play in helping end extreme po...

New report shows how innovations in the microfinance sector are contributing to the goal to end extreme poverty by 2030

June 19, 2014

Summary: The Microcredit Summit Campaign released "Resilience: The State of the Microcredit Summit Campaign Report, 2014" today. The report emphasizes the key role that actors in the financial ecosystem can play in helping end extreme po...

Microcredit Summit Campaign and Mexico’s Ministry of Economy Sign Agreement to Co-host the 17th Microcredit Summit; Registration Now Open

June 4, 2014

Summary: Registration is now open for the 17th Microcredit Summit, a microfinance conference being held in Mexico this September 3-5. Leaders from the Microcredit Summit Campaign and the National Microenterprise Financing Program (PRONAFIM) se...

Summary: The Microcredit Summit Campaign welcomes the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) as the newest Campaign Commitment member, joining a global coalition to help 100 million families lift themselves out of extrem...

Microcredit Summit Campaign announces newest Commitment: Women’s World Banking to roll out new Gender Performance Indicators to all of its network members by the end of 2015

May 6, 2014

Summary: The Microcredit Summit Campaign welcomes Women’s World Banking as the newest Campaign Commitment member, joining a global coalition to help 100 million families lift themselves out of extreme poverty. Their Commitment will ensure th...

17th Microcredit Summit to be held in Mexico in partnership with PRONAFIM

April 23, 2014

Summary: The 17th Microcredit Summit (September 3-5, 2014 in Merida, Mexico) will assemble high-level government officials, practitioners and their partners, multinational corporations, and others from around the world to discuss the "ne...

OUR DATES HAVE CHANGED! Join us for the 17th Microcredit Summit Sept 3-5 in Mérida, México

April 21, 2014

Read the latest Campaign Bulletin.
Edition: April 21, 2014
Join us in Mérida, Mexico this September:
Together with our partner, PRONAFIM, we invite you to join us for the 17th Microcredit Summit in the cul...

Microcredit Summit Campaign Announces Newest Commitment: Grameen Foundation to Advance the Practice of Poverty Measurement through the Progress out of Poverty Index®

March 25, 2014

Summary: The Microcredit Summit Campaign welcomes Grameen Foundation as the newest Campaign Commitment member, announcing their intention to advance the understanding of how organizations are using the Progress out of Poverty Index®. Grameen F...

Grameen Foundation Announces a Campaign Commitment

March 25, 2014

Read the latest Campaign Bulletin.
Edition: March 25, 2014
Grameen Foundation Announces a Commitment:
Grameen Foundation announces their intention to advance the understanding of how organizations are using the P...

SAVE THE DATE: Join us in Mexico this September for the 17th Microcredit Summit!

March 19, 2014

Read the latest Campaign Bulletin.
Edition: March 19, 2014
Design a workshop for the 17th Microcredit Summit:
We are excited to announce that our next Summit will be September 8-10 and the theme is "Generati...

The Campaign Bulletin: AGFUND Makes Progress on their Campaign Commitment

March 6, 2014

Read the latest Campaign Bulletin.
Edition: March 6, 2014
AGFUND Makes Progress on their Campaign Commitment:
We caught up with Mr. Al-Kahtani to learn about the progress they've made on their Commitmen...

Summary: The Microcredit Summit Campaign celebrates Global Money Week 2014 (March 10th to 17th) together with Child and Youth Finance International (CYFI) to raise awareness of the importance of financial education and financial inclusion for chil...

The Campaign Bulletin: Relive the 2013 Partnerships against Poverty Summit

October 31, 2013

Read the latest Campaign Bulletin here.
Edition: November 14, 2013
Highlights from the 2013 Summit:
The 2013 Partnerships against Poverty Summit opened with calls from world leaders for microfinance to be p...

Freedom from Hunger and the Microcredit Summit Campaign Announce Commitment to the 100 Million Project

October 29, 2013

WASHINGTON, DC (October 29, 2013) – Freedom from Hunger and the Microcredit Summit Campaign have joined a global campaign to help 100 million families lift themselves out of extreme poverty, as a first step toward reaching the end of poverty...

Manila, Philippines (October 11, 2013) – On day 3 of the summit, the 800 delegates at the 2013 Microcredit Summit: Partnerships against Poverty (http://partnershipsagainstpoverty.org/) , hosted by the Microcredit Summit Campaign and the Micr...

Convergences World Forum Next Week

September 12, 2013

The 6th edition of the Convergences World Forum will be held from 17th to 19th September 2013 in Paris, France.
At the international level, Convergences World Forum is a major event on the challenges of co-construction of a sustainable and fai...

Ending Poverty Action Retreat - Pre-Summit Event

September 9, 2013

Pre-Summit Event: Ending Poverty Action Retreat,
8 October 2013, 7:00 am to 6:00 pm, Traders Hotel
World Bank President, Jim Kim, has called for the end of extreme poverty by 2030. This invitational event will bring together 3...

Summary: International Labour Organization (ILO) Assistant Director General for Policy, José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs, joins the Microcredit Summit Campaign leadership to help guide the Campaign’s mission to promote the kind of microf...

Zainab Salbi and 27 other development leaders to guide 2013 Microcredit Summit agenda

May 29, 2013

Washington, DC (May 29) – The Microcredit Summit Campaign today announced the composition of the Advisory Committee for the 2013 Microcredit Summit: Partnerships against Poverty. The Advisory Committee is a group of highly respected, experie...

Muhammad Yunus and Governor of the Central Bank of the Philippines attending the 2013 Microcredit Summit. Registration is now open.

April 22, 2013

Washington, DC (April 22) – Today, the Microcredit Summit Campaign, a project of RESULTS Educational Fund, launched registration for the upcoming 2013 Microcredit Summit: Partnerships against Poverty, to be held in the Philippines from Octob...

Some 2.5 Million People in Bolivia, Ecuador, and Peru Benefiting from Integrated Health and Microfinance Services

April 12, 2013

La Paz, Bolivia – On April 12, Freedom from Hunger released a new report titled Integrated Health and Microfinance: Harnessing the Strength of Two Sectors to Improve Health and Alleviate Poverty in the Andes at an event hosted by PROCO...

Findings from the Seal of Excellence Beta Tests

March 25, 2013

Re-posted from the Seal of Excellence website
The Pro-Poor Seal of Excellence recently concluded a beta testing phase with seven microfinance institutions representing a variety of regions, sizes, and legal forms. The following are the high le...

Help Set the Agenda at the 2013 Partnerships against Poverty Summit

February 27, 2013

October 9-11, 2013 – Manila, Philippines
The 2013 Microcredit Summit will focus on Partnerships against Poverty: Finance, Government, Business, and Civil Society. We will delve into some of the most advanced and successful exa...

Microfinance Reaches Fewer of World’s Poorest in 2011

February 5, 2013

WASHINGTON, D.C. (Feb. 5) - In 2011, 13 million fewer of the world's poorest families received access to microcredit and other financial services than had in 2010, according to a report titled Vulnerability: The ...

The Philippines to host the 2013 Microcredit Summit: Partnerships against Poverty

January 29, 2013

Washington, D.C. - Today, the Microcredit Summit Campaign, a project of RESULTS Educational Fund, in partnership with the Microfinance Council of the Philippines, Inc.(MCPI), announced that the 2013 Partnerships agai...

Launch event for Vulnerability: The State of the Microcredit Summit Campaign Report, 2013

January 25, 2013

Join the Microcredit Summit Campaign launch event of Vulnerability: The State of the Microcredit Summit Campaign Report, 2013 onTuesday, February 5th from 3 to 5 PM at Busboys and Poets (14th & V St, NW) in ...

Plenaries at Day Two of MCS Examine Challenges, Opportunities in Microfinance & Social Business

November 14, 2012

VALLADOLID, SPAIN (Nov. 16) -- Day two of the Global Microcredit Summit 2011, Nov. 15, examined one of the central debates in microfinance: the challenges and solutions considered since the problems that occurred last year in the Indian state of A...

Pathways out of Poverty for the Poorest: The 100 Million Project

November 12, 2012

Can microfinance and enterprise development be part of the journey out of poverty for 100 million families?
The Microcredit Summit Campaign has developed the 100 Million Project to galvanize energy around a global goal of ...

New Delhi, India (June 28, 2012) - On June 28, Freedom from Hunger, the Microcredit Summit Campaign, and the Indian Institute of Public Health, Gandhinagar released a new report titled Integrated Health and Microfinance in India: Harness...

Microcredit Summit Campaign and Freedom from Hunger Form Alliance to Benefit 3.7 Million of the World's Poor Through Combining Microfinance and Health

January 23, 2012

WASHINGTON, DC (January 23, 2012) -- The Microcredit Summit Campaign and Freedom from Hunger today announced that they have entered into a strategic alliance to reach more than 700,000 microfinance clients with health education and services over t...

New Alliance to Benefit 3.7 Million of the World’s Poor by Combining Microfinance & Health

January 23, 2012

WASHINGTON, DC (January 23) — The Microcredit Summit Campaign and Freedom from Hunger today announced that they have entered into a strategic alliance to reach more than 700,000 microfinance clients with health education and services over th...

Seal of Excellence will help the microfinance sector further its social mission

November 15, 2011

VALLADOLID, SPAIN (Nov. 15) -- At the Global Microcredit Summit, the Global Advisory Committee for the Seal of Excellence assured attendees that the seal will help the microfinance sector to further its social endeavours.
At th...

45 Million Indians Move Above $1.25 A Day

August 16, 2011

WASHINGTON, DC - According to a report released by the Microcredit Summit Campaign, a program of the US-based advocacy group RESULTS Educational Fund, nearly 9 million Indian households involved in microfinance - including approxim...

Record 128 Million of World’s Poorest Received a Micro-Loan in 2009

March 10, 2011

WASHINGTON, DC — More than 128 million of the world’s poorest families received a microloan in 2009—an all-time high, according to a reportreleased today by the Microcredit Summit Campaign. Assuming an averag...